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IPC Series

Silicon Disk Drive with RAID for PCI

1GB type

PC-RSD1000-PCI

2GB type

PC-RSD2000-PCI

4GB type

PC-RSD4000-PCI

8GB type

PC-RSD8000-PCI

CF uninstalling type

PC-RSD-PCI

User’s Manual

CONTEC CO.,LTD.

Check Your Package

Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC product. The product consists of the items listed below. Check, with the following list, that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer.

Product Configuration List

- Product [One of the followings] …1 (PC-RSD-PCI, PC-RSD1000-PCI, PC-RSD2000-PCI, PC-RSD4000-PCI

or PC-RSD8000-PCI) * CF is appended to each board. (Only PC-RSD-PCI is unappended.)

- First step guide …1

- FD *1 [Driver for the PC-RSD Series] …1

- CompactFlash removal prevention fitting …2

- Scerws …2

*1 : The FD contains the driver software and User’s Guide (this guide).

Product

Screws

PC-RSD Series

First step guide

CompactFlash removal prevention fitting

[Driver for PC-RSD Series]

Copyright

CONTEC CO., LTD. makes no commitment to update or keep current the information contained in this document. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

All relevant issues have been considered in the preparation of this document. Should you notice an omission or any questionable item in this document, please feel free to notify CONTEC CO., LTD.

Regardless of the foregoing statement, CONTEC assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document nor for results obtained by the user as a result of using this product.

Trademarks

MS, Microsoft, and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company and product names mentioned herein are generally trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Check Your Package ............................................................................................................................... i

Copyright .................................................................................................................................................ii

Trademarks ..............................................................................................................................................ii

Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................iii

1. BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT 1

About the Board ......................................................................................................................................1

Features............................................................................................................................................. 1

Accessories (Option)..................................................................................................................... 1

Customer Support.................................................................................................................................... 2

Web Site ........................................................................................................................................... 2

Limited One Year Warranty ...................................................................................................................2

How to Obtain Service ............................................................................................................................ 2

Liability ...................................................................................................................................................2

Safety Precautions................................................................................................................................... 3

Safety Information ........................................................................................................................... 3

Handling Precautions .......................................................................................................................3

Environment ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Inspection ......................................................................................................................................... 5

Storage .............................................................................................................................................. 5

Disposal ............................................................................................................................................5

2. SETUP 7

What is Setup?......................................................................................................................................... 7

Step 1 Setting the Hardware ...................................................................................................................8

Parts of the Board............................................................................................................................. 8

Plugging the Board........................................................................................................................... 8

Step 2 Installing the Hardware ............................................................................................................. 10

Mounting this product on Windows XP installed PC....................................................................... 10

Turning on the PC .......................................................................................................................... 10

Setting the “Found New Hardware Wizard”................................................................................. 10

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion ...........................................................................12

Installing Windows XP newly on a hard disk or this product.......................................................... 13

Installing drivers while installing Windows XP newly ................................................................13

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion ...........................................................................14

Mounting this product on Windows 2000 installed PC.................................................................... 15

Turning on the PC .......................................................................................................................... 15

Setting the “Found New Hardware Wizard”................................................................................. 15

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion ...........................................................................18

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Installing Windows 2000 newly on a hard disk or this product .......................................................19

Installing drivers while installing Windows 2000 newly..............................................................19

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion ...........................................................................20

Setup Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................................21

Symptoms and Actions...................................................................................................................21

If your problem cannot be resolved ...............................................................................................21

3. FUNCTION 23

IDE Function..........................................................................................................................................23

RAID Function ......................................................................................................................................23

RAID 0 (Striping)...........................................................................................................................23

RAID 1 (Mirroring) ........................................................................................................................23

JBOD [Just Bunch Of Disks] (Spanning)......................................................................................23

4. ABOUT THE RAID BUILDING SOFTWARE 25

Setup Utility...........................................................................................................................................25

Start up the Setup Utility................................................................................................................25

Building a striping (RAID 0) .........................................................................................................27

Building a new mirroring (RAID 1) using two CFs......................................................................30

Setting the CF which has already been used and added to mirroring (RAID 1).......................33

Building a Spanning .......................................................................................................................37

Canceling RAID Setting.................................................................................................................40

RaidMgr Utility......................................................................................................................................41

Installing RaidMgr Utility..............................................................................................................41

Starting RaidMgr ............................................................................................................................42

Building a striping (RAID 0) .........................................................................................................43

Building a mirroring (RAID 1) ......................................................................................................45

Building a spanning (JBOD)..........................................................................................................47

Screen details on RaidMgr .............................................................................................................49

Delete the built RAID.....................................................................................................................50

Rebuilding a mirror disk ................................................................................................................51

If failing a CF in mirroring.............................................................................................................52

Uninstalling the support software and driver .......................................................................................55

Uninstalling the support software [RaidMgr]................................................................................55

Uninstalling the driver....................................................................................................................56

Contents of FD.......................................................................................................................................57

5. ABOUT HARDWARE 59

Hardware specification..........................................................................................................................59

About Rewrite Life ................................................................................................................................60

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1. Before Using the Product

This chapter provides information you should know before using the product.

About the Board

This product is a PCI board type silicon disk drive. It can be used the same as a hard disk by mounting it to a PCI bus slot of your PC. With a CompactFlash Memory Card (CF) with FIX DISK specification adopted as the storage media, this product, as a disk drive as an alternative to a hard disk, is the most suitable for the system which requires reliability and tough operation conditions such as around-the-clock operation, environment resistances (to temperature, humidity, vibration and shock), and quietness. Since this product has two CF slots, an additional drive can be mounted (capacity upgrade) by adding a CF (option). Also, RAID drive configurations for striping [RAID 0], mirroring [RAID 1], and spanning [JBOD] are possible by adding a CF and using utilities.

Features

- Just like a hard disk, this product can be used as an add-on drive for PC main body or the CF of this product can be used as OS boot disk drive. Also, it can be used as two drives by adding an option CF.

- Unlike a hard disk, there is no rotating/moving parts, making most suitable for the uses requiring tough environment resistances (to temperature, humidity, vibration and shock) and for long continuous operations.

- An add-on CF slot exists at the PCI blanket part, offering facilities of adding and exchanging of an option CF even after this product is mounted to PC.

- Three types of RAID functions *1 [RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), and JBOD (spanning)] are available by adding a CF to the add-on CF slot and using utilities.

*1 RAID configurations in a hard disk which is connected to PC can not be made.

Accessories (Option)

CompactFlash 1GB (FIX DISK specification) : CF-1GB-R

CompactFlash 2GB (FIX DISK specification) : CF-2GB-R

CompactFlash 4GB (FIX DISK specification) : CF-4GB-R

CompactFlash 8GB (FIX DISK specification) : CF-8GB-R

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Customer Support

CONTEC provides the following support services for you to use CONTEC products more efficiently and comfortably.

Web Site

Japanese http://www.contec.co.jp/ English http://www.contec.com/ Chinese http://www.contec.com.cn/

Latest product information CONTEC provides up-to-date information on products. CONTEC also provides product manuals and various technical documents in the PDF. Free download You can download updated driver software and differential files as well as sample programs available in

several languages. Note! For product information

Contact your retailer if you have any technical question about a CONTEC product or need its price, delivery time, or estimate information.

Limited One Year Warranty

CONTEC products are warranted by CONTEC CO., Ltd. to be free from defects in material and workmanship for up to one year from the date of purchase by the original purchaser.

Repair will be free of charge only when this device is returned freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoice and a Return Merchandise Authorization to the distributor or the CONTEC group office from which it was purchased.

This warranty is not applicable for scratches or normal wear, but only for the electronic circuitry and original products. The warranty is not applicable if the device has been tampered with or damaged through abuse, mistreatment, neglect, or unreasonable use, or if the original invoice is not included, in which case repairs will be considered beyond the warranty policy.

How to Obtain Service

For replacement or repair, return the device freight prepaid, with a copy of the original invoice. Please obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization number (RMA) from our Sales Administration Department before returning any product.

* No product will be accepted by CONTEC group without an RMA number.

Liability

The obligation of the warrantor is solely to repair or replace the product. In no event will the warrantor be liable for any incidental or consequential damages due to such defect or consequences that arise from inexperienced usage, misuse, or malfunction of this device.

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Safety Precautions

Understand the following definitions and precautions to use the product safely.

Safety Information

This document provides safety information using the following symbols to prevent accidents resulting in injury or death and the destruction of equipment and resources. Understand the meanings of these labels to operate the equipment safely.

DANGER

WARNING

CAUTION

Handling Precautions

DANGER

Do not use the product where it is exposed to flammable or corrosive gas. Doing so may result in an explosion, fire, electric shock, or failure.

DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.

WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury or in property damage.

CAUTION

- Do not strike or bend the board. Otherwise, the board may malfunction, overheat, cause a failure or breakage.

- Do not touch the board's metal plated terminals (edge connector) with your hands. Otherwise, the board may malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure. If the terminals are touched by someone's hands, clean the terminals with industrial alcohol.

- Do not install or remove the board to or from the slot while the computer's power is turned on. Doing so could cause trouble. Be sure that the personal computer or the I/O expansion unit power is turned off.

- Make sure that your PC or expansion unit can supply ample power to all the boards installed. Insufficiently energized boards could malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure.

- No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD.

- The specifications of this product are subject to change without notice for enhancement and quality improvement. Even when using the product continuously, be sure to read the manual and understand the contents.

- All relevant issues have been considered in the preparation of this document. Should you notice an omission or any questionable item in this document, please feel free to notify CONTEC CO., LTD.

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- Do not modify the product. CONTEC will bear no responsibility for any problems, etc., resulting from modifying this product.

- Regardless of the foregoing statements, CONTEC is not liable for any damages whatsoever (including damages for loss of business profits) arising out of the use or inability to use this CONTEC product or the information contained herein.

- Do not turn off the power during disk access (when rewriting). Otherwise, CF in the product and the data contained in the CF may be damaged.

- The silicon disk may malfunction if this product instantaneously stops during a write operation. For this reason, the product has a protection circuit that minimizes disk failures during an instantaneous stop. Use UPS as a complete countermeasure for instantaneous stop problems.

- This product does not operate properly, when combined with our SBC [PC-686C(PC)H series].

- CF has a limitation for the number of times to rewrite, due to the memory used. This write tolerance depends on the actual use conditions.

- Use only the supplied option CF (CF-xGB-R) for the expansion CF. CONTEC will bear no responsibility for any problems, etc., resulting from using the commercially available CF.

- The operation of this product has been checked in combination with our other products. Use the product within the scope of your responsibilities when using it in combination with products from other companies.

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Environment

Use this product in the following environment. If used in an unauthorized environment, the board may overheat, malfunction, or cause a failure.

Operating temperature

0 - 50°C

Operating humidity

10 - 90%RH (No condensation)

Corrosive gases

None

Floating dust particles

Not to be excessive

Inspection

Inspect the product periodically as follows to use it safely.

- Check that the bus connector of the board and its cable have been plugged correctly.

- Check that the board has no dust or foreign matter adhering.

- The gold-plated leads of the bus connector have no stain or corrosion.

Storage

When storing this product, keep it in its original packing form. (1) Put the board in the storage bag. (2) Wrap it in the packing material, then put it in the box. (3) Store the package at room temperature at a place free from direct sunlight, moisture, shock,

vibration, magnetism, and static electricity.

Disposal

When disposing of the product, follow the disposal procedures stipulated under the relevant laws and municipal ordinances.

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2. Setup

This chapter explains how to set up the board.

What is Setup?

Setup means a series of steps to take before the product can be used. Different steps are required for software and hardware. The setup procedure varies with the OS and applications used.

Follow the steps shown in this chapter to prepare hardware and software.

Step 1 Setting the Hardware This section describes the setup procedure to mount this product on your PC.

Please note that CFs should be removed in advance before Windows is newly installed on the hard disk or before this product is added to your PC on which Windows is currently installed. If this product is used under DOS in MS-DOS Version 6.2, IBM PC DOS 2000 J7.0/V or PC DOS 7, only the setup “Step 1” is required. If it is used under Windows, proceed to “Step 2” after “Step 1” is completed. Other OSs are not supported. For the supported OS types, see “Chapter 5 About Hardware”.

Step 2 Installing the Hardware This section describes the setup procedure for this product if used as a disk drive under Windows. If Setup fails to be performed normally, see the “Setup Troubleshooting” section at the end of this

chapter.

CAUTION

- When using under DOS, the disk capacity limit (2GB) is applied. For 4GB and 8GB CFs, the remaining capacity can be used by dividing it to expanded partitions. Also under DOS, RAID configuration is not allowed in either CFs.

- More than one product cannot be used on the same PC.

After completing the setup for this product having an add-on CF, the system will recognize it as two disk drives. The drive mapping depends on your PC conditions (BIOS setting and IDE device connection status).

CAUTION

Shut down the system before attaching/removing CFs.

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Step 1 Setting the Hardware

This section describes how to set the board and plug it on your PC. Remove CFs in advance before Windows is newly installed on the hard disk or before this product is

added to your PC on which Windows is currently installed.

Parts of the Board

Figure 2.1. shows the names of major parts on the board.

CF Access LED

CF removal prevention fitting

Figure 2.1. Part Names

CF removal prev e ntion fitting

CF Slot (Primary master)

CF has been

mounted.

CF Slot for expansion (Seconfary master)

Plugging the Board

(1) If OS is preinstalled, shutdown the system before mounting this board. (2) Unplug the power code of your PC from the wall

outlet.

(3) Remove the cover from the PC. For instructions on

how to remove, refer to the user’s guide for your PC.

(4) Remove the PCI slot cover so that the board can be

mounted.

(5) If OS is DOS or a new OS is installed to the CF of

this product, proceed to step (6). If Windows is newly installed to a hard disk or Windows is currently installed on your PC, remove the mounted CF from this board.

(6) Plug the board into an expansion slot.

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(7) Attach the board bracket to the PC with a screw. (8) If OS is DOS or a new OS is installed to the CF of this product, check if the CF is mounted on this

product and then put the cover back into place. If Windows is newly installed to a hard disk or this product is added to the PC on which Windows is currently installed, proceed to “Step 2 Installing the Hardware”, mount the CF on the slot where it was originally mounted on and then put the cover back into place.

(9) If OS is DOS, after completing the board mounting, turn on the PC. A message saying “IT8212

RAID... ” will be displayed after a period of time. At this time, RAID setting is not performed, so continue the startup by pressing [Esc] key. Without pressing [Esc], the status will become startup status after a period of time. After the startup, this product can be used as an IDE device.

Applicable PCI bus slots PCI bus slots used in PCs have keys to prevent 5V and 3.3V PCI bus boards from being accidentally

plugged into wrong bus slots. This board can be plugged into both of the 5V and 3.3V PCI bus slots.

<PCI bus slo t> <PCI bus bo ard> 5-V PCI bus slot

3.3-V PCI bus slot

3.3V key

CAUTION

5V key

A :

Slit for 5-V PCI bus slot

B :

Slit for 3.3-V PCI bus slot

- Do not install or remove the board to or from the slot while the computer's power is turned on. Otherwise, the board may malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure. Doing so could cause trouble. Be sure that the personal computer or the I/O expansion unit power is turned off.

- Make sure that your PC or expansion unit can supply ample power to all the boards installed. Insufficiently energized boards could malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure.

- Power supply from the PCI bus slot at +5V is required.

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Step 2 Installing the Hardware

Windows needs to detect the I/O address and interrupt used by the board. This is called hardware installation. The procedure is different for each OS. Install the hardware according to the respective procedure.

After the hardware installation is completed, the hardware can be used as a disk drive on Windows.

Mounting this product

on Windows XP installed PC

Turning on the PC

After mounting the board in “Step 1 Setting the Hardware ” and checking if the CF has been removed, turn on your PC. After a period of time, a message saying “IT8212 RAID... ” will be displayed at the startup. At this time, RAID setting is not performed, so continue the startup by pressing [Esc] key. Without pressing [Esc], the status will become startup status after a period of time. Log on as a user with administrative privileges of the PC after Windows startup.

CAUTION

- The board cannot be properly installed unless the resources (I/O addresses and interrupt level) for the board can be allocated. Before attempting to install the board, first determine what PC resources are free to use.

- More than one product cannot be used on the same PC.

Setting the “Found New Hardware Wizard”

(1) The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will be

started. Click the [Next] button after checking the “No, not this time”. If using Windows XP with no SP2 (Service Pack 2) installed, this window will not be displayed. Proceed to (2).

(1) Select

(2) Click

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(2) The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will be

started. Select “Install from a list or specific location[Advanced]”, then click on the [Next] button.

(3) Select “Search for the best driver in these

locations.” and then check only the “Include this location in the search:”.

(4) Insert the supplied Driver FD into the floppy

disk drive, specify the following folder, and press [Next] button.

- Source folder A:\WINXP

(5) Click the [Continue Anyway] button after the

“Hardware Installation” is displayed.

2. Setup

(1) Select

(2) Click

(1) Select

(2) Specify

(3) Click

(6) Click the [Finish] button.

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Click

2. Setup

(7) If the “System Settings Changes”is displayed, click the [No] button.

Click

CAUTION

In Windows XP, the Hardware Wizard displays the following alert dialog box when you have located the INF file. This dialog box appears, only indicating that the relevant driver has not passed Windows Logo testing, and it can be ignored without developing any problem with the operation of the board.

You have now finished installing the Hardware.

Shutdown the system and mount the removed CF back to the slot.

In this case, click on the [Continue Anyway] button.

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

(1) Click the [Start] button on the left side of task bar

and then right-click the [My Computer] or it on the desktop side.

(2) Click the [Propaties] on the menu. (3) When the [System propaties] is displayed, click the

[Hardware] tab and then click the [Device Manager].

(4) Check if the board name has been registered

correctly in [SCSI and RAID controllers].

(5) Check if [ITE Disk Array 0 SCSI Disk Device] has

been registered in [Disk Drives].

After checking that it has been registered for disk drive, you can now use it as a disk drive. The drive mapping depends on your PC conditions (BIOS setting and IDE device connection status).

CAUTION

When formatting a CF in Windows XP, do not format it as “dynamic disk”. Once formatted as “dynamic disk”, the CF cannot be used on other PCs or OSs.

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Installing Windows XP newly

on a hard disk or this product

2. Setup

CAUTION

- When installing drivers of this product while installing Windows XP newly on a hard disk, remove the CF of this product in Step 1. When installing Windows XP on the CF of this product, do not remove the CF in Step 1.

- More than one product cannot be used on the same PC.

- When installing OS on this product, make sure to prepare the CF having the capacity larger than that required by OS.

Installing drivers while installing Windows XP newly

(1) After completing the board mounting, turn on the PC. A message saying “IT8212 RAID... ” will

be displayed after a period of time. At this time, RAID setting is not performed, so press [Esc] key. Without pressing [Esc] key, the status will become startup status after a period of time.

(2) When installing from floppy disk, start up your PC from the “Windows XP installation disk”.

When installing from CD-ROM, start up you PC from CD-ROM. When a message “Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver” is displayed,

press [F6] key. (3) After [Windows XP setup] is displayed, press [S] key to specify a driver you want to add. (4) Insert the supplied Driver FD into the floppy drive and press [Enter] key. (5) Select “CONTEC PC-RSD Series (Windows XP)” from a list displayed on the screen and press

[Enter] key. (6) [Windows XP setup] screen is displayed again and a message saying “Setup will load support for

the following mass storage device(s)” is displayed. [

is now included in this list.

If any additional device you want to install, specify it now. If all devices are specified, proceed

to the next step. (7) Press [Enter] key on [Windows XP setup] screen to continue the Windows XP installation. In the

middle of installation, the Windows XP installation location can be selected from either the CF of

this product or PC hard disk.

CONTEC PC-RSD Series (Windows XP)

]

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CAUTION

In Windows XP, the Hardware Wizard displays the following alert dialog box of [Installng Software], [Installing Hardware]. This dialog box appears, only indicating that the relevant driver has not passed Windows Logo testing, and it can be ignored without developing any problem with the operation of the board.

You have now finished installing the Hardware.

After installing Windows XP on the hard disk, shutdown the system and mount the removed CF back to the slot.

In this case, click on the [Yes] button.

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

(1) Click the [Start] button on the left side of task bar

and then right-click the [My Computer] or it on the desktop side.

(2) When the [System propaties] is displayed, click the

[Hardware] tab and then click the [Device Manager].

(3) Check if the board name has been registered

correctly in [SCSI and RAID controllers].

(4) Check if [ITE Disk Array 0 SCSI Disk Device] has

been registered in [Disk Drives].

After checking that it has been registered for disk drive, you can now use it as a disk drive. The drive mapping depends on your PC conditions (BIOS setting and IDE device connection status).

CAUTION

When formatting a CF in Windows XP, do not format it as “dynamic disk”. Once formatted as “dynamic disk”, the CF cannot be used on other PCs or OSs.

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Mounting this product

on Windows 2000 installed PC

Turning on the PC

After mounting the board in “Step 1 Setting the Hardware ” and checking if the CF has been removed, turn on your PC. A message saying “IT8212 RAID... ” will be displayed after a period of time. At this time, RAID setting is not performed, so press [Esc] key. Without pressing [Esc] key, the status will become startup status after a period of time. Log on as administrator after Windows startup.

CAUTION

- The board cannot be properly installed unless the resources (I/O addresses and interrupt level) for

the board can be allocated. Before attempting to install the board, first determine what PC resources are free to use.

- More than one product cannot be used on the same PC.

Setting the “Found New Hardware Wizard”

(1) The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will be

started. Click the [Next] button

(2) Select “Search for a suitable driver for my

device [recommended]” and then check the [Next] button.

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Click

(1) Select

(2) Click

2. Setup

(3) Select only the “Specify a location” and then

click the [Next] button.

(1) Specify

(2) Click

(4) Insert the supplied Driver FD into the floppy

drive, spcify the following source folder and then click [OK] button.

- Source folder A:\WIN2K

(5) This product is found. Click [Next] button.

(6) If the “Digital Signature Not Found” is displayed,

click the [Yes] button.

(2) Click

(1) Specify

Click

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(7) Click the [Finish] button.

(8) If the “System Setting Change” is

displayed, click the [No] button.

2. Setup

Click

CAUTION

In Windows 2000, the Hardware Wizard displays the following alert dialog box when you have located the INF file. This dialog box appears, only indicating that the relevant driver has not passed Windows Logo testing, and it can be ignored without developing any problem with the operation of the board.

You have now finished installing the Hardware.

Shutdown the system and mount the removed CF back to the slot.

In this case, click on the [Yes] button.

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Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

(1) Click the [Start] button on the left side of task bar and

then double click the [System] from the [Setting]→[Control Panel].

(2) When the [System propaties] is displayed, click the

[Hardware] tab and then click the [Device Manager].

(3) Check if the board name has been registered correctly in

[SCSI and RAID controllers].

(4) Check if [ITE Disk Array 0 SCSI Disk Device] has been

registered in [Disk Drives].

After checking that it has been registered for disk drive, you can now use it as a disk drive. The drive mapping depends on your PC conditions (BIOS setting and IDE device connection status).

CAUTION

When formatting a CF in Windows XP, do not format it as “dynamic disk”. Once formatted as “dynamic disk”, the CF cannot be used on other PCs or OSs.

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Installing Windows 2000 newly

on a hard disk or this product

2. Setup

CAUTION

- When installing drivers of this product while installing Windows 2000 newly on a hard disk,

remove the CF of this product in Step 1. When installing Windows XP on the CF of this product, do not remove the CF in Step 1.

- The board cannot be properly installed unless the resources (I/O addresses and interrupt level) for

the board can be allocated. Before attempting to install the board, first determine what PC resources are free to use.

- More than one product cannot be used on the same PC.

- When installing OS on this product, make sure to prepare the CF having the capacity larger than

that required by OS.

Installing drivers whil e installing Windows 2000 newly

(1) After completing the board mounting, turn on the PC. A message saying “IT8212 RAID... ” will

be displayed after a period of time. At this time, RAID setting is not performed, so press [Esc]

key. Without pressing [Esc] key, the status will become startup status after a period of time. (2) When installing from floppy disk, start up your PC from the “Windows 2000 installation disk”.

When installing from CD-ROM, start up you PC from CD-ROM.

When a message “Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver” is displayed,

press [F6] key. (3) After [Windows 2000 setup] is displayed, press [S] key to specify a driver you want to add. (4) Insert the supplied Driver FD into the floppy drive and press [Enter] key. (5) Select “

(6) [Windows 2000 setup] screen is displayed again and a message saying “Setup will load support for

CONTEC PC-RSD Series (Windows 2000)

[Enter] key.

the following mass storage device(s)” is displayed. [

(Windows 2000)

If any additional device you want to install, specify it now. If all devices are specified, proceed

to the next step.

] is now included in this list.

” from a list displayed on the screen and press

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(7) Press [Enter] key on [Windows 2000 setup] screen to continue the Windows 2000 installation. In

the middle of installation, the Windows 2000 installation location can be selected from either the CF of this product or PC hard disk. The message “Cannot find digital signature” appears in the next window. Ignore this and click “Yes”.

CAUTION

In the middle of installation of the Windows 2000, the Hardware Wizard displays the alert dialog box. This dialog box appears, only indicating that the relevant driver has not passed Windows Logo testing, and it can be ignored without developing any problem with the operation of the board.

In this case, click on the [Yes] button.

You have now finished installing the Hardware.

After installing Windows 2000 on the hard disk, shutdown the system and mount the removed CF back to the slot.

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

(1) Click the [Start] button on the left side of task bar

and then double click the [System] from the [Setting]→[Control Panel].

(2) When the [System propaties] is displayed, click the

[Hardware] tab and then click the [Device Manager].

(3) Check if the board name has been registered

correctly in [SCSI and RAID controllers].

(4) Check if [ITE Disk Array 0 SCSI Disk Device] has

been registered in [Disk Drives].

Once it is verified that the hardware is listed on Disk Drive, it can be used as a disk drive. Drive mapping depends on the state of the PC used (BIOS settings and IDE device connection status).

CAUTION

When formatting CF on Windows 2000, do not format it as a “dynamic disk”. If CF is formatted as a “dynamic disk”, it cannot be used on other PCs or OSs.

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Setup Troubleshooting

Symptoms and Actions

PC does not start up after this product has been mounted.

This product does not work.

”!” mark is shown in [Device manager]. Make sure that this product is attached correctly. Check if there is any shortage of resources allocatable to this product. When using a board not compliant with Plug and Play, change the resource allocation for the board. If

the resource cannot be changed, use both the board and this product as the situation demands. The resource may be conflicted to other peripheral devices. Check the settings of the expanded

peripheral device. Check the boot device order to see if the setting is made so that OS is booted from the device where OS

is installed.

PC operation is unstable. Change the PCI slot location for mounting this product.

This product is not registered in the disk drive. The product cannot be registered in the [disk drive] of the [device manager], when installed in the PCI-

to-PCI Bridge environment.

Mirroring (RAID1) cannot be built for the OS startup drive. When building mirroring in PC-RSD1000/2000/4000-PCI (when only one copy of the attached CF is

used), the OS will not start up, if such mirroring configuration is performed after the OS is installed to the attached CF. Therefore, make sure to add another CF when building mirroring. For more details, refer to “Building a new mirroring (RAID 1) using two CFs”.

If your problem cannot be resolved

Contact your retailer.

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3. Function

This chapter explains the function equipped with the board.

IDE Function

The CFs mounted on this product can be used as normal IDE disk drives. They are connected as two drives on the installed RAID controller. The internal CF is connected as the

primary master and the external CF (blanket side) is connected as the secondary master. Booting is possible from each CF, however, it may be required to change settings for the startup order in the BIOS setting of your PC. For details on the setting changes, refer to the user’s guide for your PC.

RAID Function

RAID functions are available by mounting an option CF on the add-on CF slot (blanket side) and using utilities.

RAID 0 (Striping)

- This RAID allows the system to speed up the access speed by combining two disks for executing

the reading/writing processes from/to more than one disk in parallel (concurrently).

CAUTION

- If the disk capacity is different between disks, you cannot use the total capacity of all disks in RAID

0. It is recommended to use disks having the same capacity.

- Since the redundancy is not provided at all, the access to all disks will be disabled if one of the

disks in the RAID 0 operation is failed.

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

- This RAID writes the same data to more than one disk, allowing the system to continue the

processes using others if one disk is failed. It prepares a “copy” of disk in which the same data is stored in anticipation of failure.

- The usability of the disk capacity will be less than 50% since the same data is written to two disks.

(Since the capacity depends on the smaller one, if the two disks have the different capacities, the usability will become even lower.)

JBOD [Just Bunch Of Disks] (Spanning)

- This technology combines multiple disks to pretend them as a single large capacity disk.

- There is no mechanism of redundancy code, such as parity, nor fault tolerance.

- The performance is enhanced in RAID 0 by reading from/writing to multiple disks in parallel, while

on the other hand, JBOD performs a reading from/writing to process one by one, the performance is not improved.

- Even if the capacity of each disk is different, a single virtual disk can be realized without wasting

any capacities.

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4. About the RAID Building Software

To build RAID, a new CF should be mounted on the add-on CF slot of this product. After mounting an additional CF, RAID can be built using utilities. For RAID configuring utilities,

“Setup Utility” which can be operated from the PC startup screen and “RaidMgr” which can be operated on Windows are available.

If OS is installed on a CF of this product, you cannot use “RaidMgr” which can be operated on Windows. Use “Setup Utility” which can be operated from the PC startup screen. When this product is used for applications other than OS or for data storage disk, for your convenience, use the utility application software “RaidMgr” which can be operated on Windows. The followings are the descriptions for the case when CF-1GB-R is additionally mounted on PC-RSD1000-PCI.

CAUTION

When formatting CF on Windows 2000, Windows XP, do not format it as a “dynamic disk”. If CF is formatted as a “dynamic disk”, it cannot be used on other PCs or OSs.

Setup Utility

Start up the Setup Utility

(1) Start your PC after mounting the CF on this product. (2) After a while, the screen shown below is displayed at the PC startup.

At this time, press [F] key or [E] key while pressing [Ctrl] key.

Please wait for IDE scan.. Device 0 : SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 IDE 0 Device 1 : Not Detected Device 2 : SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 IDE 2 Device 3 : Not Detected

Press <Ctrl - F> or <Ctrl - E> to enter Setup Utility or Press <ESC> or <S> to continue booting……………..

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(3) The following screen is displayed. First, check to see if CFs are connected correctly.

Press [5] key to start [RAID Card Configuration].

[Main Menu]

Auto Configuration………………….[1] Define RAID………………………...[2] Delete RAID………………………...[3] Rebuild RAID……………………….[4] RAID Card Configuration…………..[5]

[1]..[5] Select [ESC] Exit

(4) Check if the connected CFs are displayed in [Drive Status] field.

[RAID Card Configuration]

Auto Rebuild :

[RAID Card Resource]

Channel 0 Interrupt : A Channel 1 Interrupt : A I/O Port : 8888D000

[Deive Status]

Channel Size Drive ID Drive Name (MB) Array No. Mode Pri/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Free D2

Enable

I/O Port : 0000DC00

Sec/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Free D2

* : Capacity (GB) Drive Mode : P = PIO, D = DMA U = UDMA [→, ←, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit

CAUTION

[Pri/D0] indicates Primary Master (internal CF) and [Sec/D0] indicates Secondary Master (external CF).

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Building a striping (RAID 0)

(1) After starting Setup Utility, press [2] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

(2) On [Define RAID Menu] screen, select an unset [Array No] using [↑][↓] keys and then press

[Enter] key.

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status Array 0 --- --- --- --Array 1 --- --- --- --Array 2 --- --- --- --Array 3 --- --- --- ---

* : Capacity (GB) ♦ : Bootable Array

[↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Boot Array [Enter] Select [ESC] Exit

Press [2] and start up the [Define RAID].

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(3) Set each setting item.

Move to another item using [↑][↓] keys. The value can be changed for each item using [Space] key.

Setting item Setting value

Array Mode Stripe Block Size Set the dividing size for data.

Drive Assignment [Y] : Striping is set

The performance will be improved by using the optimum value. The optimum value, however, is different depending on the usage environment. Setting value : 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K, 32 K, 64K (Initial value [64KB], recommended value [32KB])

[N] : Striping is not set

Change the setting for each item using [Space] key.

[Define RAID Sub-Menu]

(1) Select [Stripe].

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Status Array B

Block Size 64 KB

Stripe

0 Non-functional

(2) Select Block Size.

[Drive Assignments]

Channel

(3) Set to [Y].

ID Drive Name Size (MB) Assignment Pri/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

Sec/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

* : Capacity (GB) [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save [ESC] Exit

After the setting, press [Ctrl-Y] (press [Y] key while pressing [Ctrl] key).

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(4) Press [Y] key to set striping.

The data of the selected CF will be erased upon selecting striping for the CF by pressing [Y] key and the data cannot be restored.

Erase old data in this new array? Y - Yes / N - No

CAUTION

- The data of the CF will be erased upon pressing [Y] key and the data cannot be restored.

- When [N] is pressed, the partition information for the CF and other data will not be erased, but

since the striping information is being set, they cannot be restored. However, they can be restored if RAID is cancelled before any formatting or writing is made on the CF. For instructions on how to cancel RADI, see “Chapter 4 Canceling RAID Setting”. If the following message is displayed while canceling RAID, press [N] key.

Erase the data in the array? Y - Yes / N - No

(5) Press [Esc] key to return to [Define RAID Menu]. (6) After checking that the striping has been set, press [Esc] key.

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status

Array 0 Stripe 2 1954 Functional

(7) Press [Esc] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

(8) When you are asked whether to exit [Setup Utility], press [Y] key to exit [Setup Utility].

Exit Setup Utility! Are you sure? Press Y to exit or ANY KEY to go back.

(9) Your PC will be rebooted. After Windows startup, format the CF which striping has been set.

When formatting, the established two CFs will be formatted.

[Define RAID Menu]

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Building a new mirroring (RAID 1) using two CFs

(1) After starting Setup Utility, press [2] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

(2) On Define RAID Menu screen, select Array No that is not set with the [↑][↓] key, and then press

[Enter].

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status Array 0 --- --- --- --Array 1 --- --- --- --Array 2 --- --- --- --Array 3 --- --- --- ---

* : Capacity (GB) ♦ : Bootable Array [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Boot Array [Enter] Select [ESC] Exit

Press [2] and start up the [Define RAID].

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(3) Setup the following setting items.

You can move to each item with the [↑][↓] key, and change each setting value with the [Space] key.

Setting item Setting value

Array Mode Mirror Drive Assignment [Y] : Mirroring is set

[N] : Mirroring is not set

Change the setting for each item using [Space] key.

[Define RAID Sub-Menu]

(1) Select [Mirror].

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Status Array 0

Mirror

0 Non-functional

Block Size Not available

[Drive Assignments]

Channel

(2) Set to [Y].

ID Drive Name Size (MB) Assignment Pri/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

Sec/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

* : Capacity (GB) [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save [ESC] Exit

After the setting, press [Ctrl-Y] (press [Y] key while pressing [Ctrl] key).

(4) Press [Y] key to set mirroring.

The data of the selected CF will be erased upon selecting mirroring for the CF by pressing [Y] key

and the data cannot be restored.

Erase old data in this new array? Y - Yes / N - No

CAUTION

- The data of the CF will be erased upon pressing [Y] key and the data cannot be restored.

- When [N] is pressed, the partition information for the CF and other data will not be erased, but

since the mirroring information is being set, they cannot be restored. However, they can be restored if RAID is cancelled before any formatting or writing is made on the CF. For instructions on how to cancel RADI, see “Chapter 4 Canceling RAID Setting”. If the following message is displayed while canceling RAID, press [N] key.

Erase the data in the array? Y - Yes / N - No

(5) Press [Esc] key to return to [Define RAID Menu].

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(6) After checking that the mirroring has been set, press [Esc] key.

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status

Array 0 Mirror 2 977 Functional

(7) Press [Esc] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

(8) When you are asked whether to exist [Setup Utility], press [Y] key to exit [Setup Utility].

Exit Setup Utility! Are you sure? Press Y to exit or ANY KEY to go back.

(9) Your PC will be rebooted. After Windows startup, format the CF which mirroring has been set.

When formatting, the established two CFs will be formatted.

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Setting the CF which has already been used

and added to mirroring (RAID 1)

(1) After starting Setup Utility, press [2] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

(2) On Define RAID Menu screen, select Array No that is not set with the [↑][↓] key, and then press

[Enter].

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status Array 0 --- --- --- --Array 1 --- --- --- --Array 2 --- --- --- --Array 3 --- --- --- ---

* : Capacity (GB) ♦ : Bootable Array [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Boot Array [Enter] Select [ESC] Exit

Press [2] and start up the [Define RAID].

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(3) Setup the following setting items.

You can move to each item with the [↑][↓] key, and change each setting value with the 'Space' key.

Setting item Setting value

Array Mode Mirror Drive Assignment [Y] : Mirroring is set

[N] : Mirroring is not set

Change the setting for each item using [Space] key.

[Define RAID Sub-Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Status Array 0

Mirror

(1) Select [Mirror].

0 Non-functional

Block Size Not available

[Drive Assignments]

(2) Set to [Y].

Channel ID Drive Name Size (MB) Assignment Pri/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

Sec/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

* : Capacity (GB) [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save [ESC] Exit

After the setting, press [Ctrl-Y] (press [Y] key while pressing [Ctrl] key).

(4) Press [N] key.

Erase old data in this new array? Y - Yes / N - No

CAUTION

At the time you press the 'Y' key, the data of two CF will be cleared and cannot be restored any more.

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(5) The following screen appears.

Do you like to rebuild current array?

Y - Yes / N - No Press the [Y] key, and the mirroring will be reconfigured and the screen (6) is displayed. When [N] key is pressed by mistake, a screen for selecting a copy source is displayed. After selecting a CF for a copy source and press [Enter] key, the screen below is displayed. Press any key to display a screen of (3). The mirroring is not built properly if you finish the setting without changing. Press [Ctrl-Y] (press [Y] key while pressing [Ctrl] key) and set the settings according to step (4) and the subsequent steps.

Source drive(s) has been selected.

Press ANY KEY to exit.

(6) The screen shown below is displayed. Select a copy source (Source Drive) from [Drive List] and

press [Enter] key.

[Source Device]

Channel ID Drive Name Size (MB)

[Target Device]

Channel ID Drive Name Size (MB)

[Device List]

Channel ID Drive Name Size (MB)

Make sure to select [copy source], and press [Enter] key.

Pri/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Sec/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977

* : Capacity (GB) [↑] Up [↓] Down [Enter] Select [ESC] Exit

(7) Press [Y] key on the screen below to start copying.

Start to duplicate the image.

Do you like to continue?

Y - Continue / ESC - Abort.

(8) For copy process status checking, the screen below is displayed. If you want to check, press [Y]

key, otherwise press [N] key.

Do you like monitoring the

Rebuild status till it

Completes? Y - yes / N - Escape

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(9) When [Y] is pressed in (8), the copy status is displayed. The following completion message

screen will be displayed when the copy status reaches to [100%], then press any key. When [N] is pressed in (8), neither the copy status nor a completion message will be displayed. When copying is started, LED of this product lights up. When copying is completed, the LED goes out. After checking that LED light has been turned off, proceed to (10).

Please wait while duplicating image 0% Completed

Copy is 0% completed.

Please wait while duplicating image 100% Completed

Arrange has been recovered….. Press ANY KEY to continue

(10)Press [Esc] key to return to [Define RAID Sub-Menu]. Press [Esc] key again to return to [Define

RAID Menu].

(11)After checking that mirroring has been set, press [Esc] key.

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status

Array 0 Mirror 2 977 Functional

(12)In Setup Utility main menu, press [Esc] key.

(13)When you are asked if you want to exit Setup Utility, press the [Y] key to exit it.

Exit Setup Utility! Are you sure? Press Y to exit or ANY KEY to go back.

(14)Your PC will be rebooted. After Windows startup, check to see that the drive on which the

mirroring has been built can be recognized normally.

Copy is 100% completed.

Press any key when a completion message is displayed.

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Building a Spanning

(1) After starting Setup Utility, press [2] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

Auto Configuration………………….[1]

Define RAID………………………...[2]

Delete RAID………………………...[3]

Rebuild RAID……………………….[4]

RAID Card Configuration…………..[5]

(2) On Define RAID Menu screen, select Array No that is not set with the [↑][↓] key, and then press

[Enter].

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status Array 0 --- --- --- --Array 1 --- --- --- --Array 2 --- --- --- --Array 3 --- --- --- ---

* : Capacity (GB) ♦ : Bootable Array [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Boot Array [Enter] Select [ESC] Exit

Press [2] and start up the [Define RAID].

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(3) Setup the following setting items.

You can move to each item with the [↑][↓] key, and change each setting value with the [Space] key. Once you have changed these settings, press [Ctrl-Y] (while hoiding down [Ctrl], press the [Y] key).

Setting item Setti ng va l ue

Array Mode Span Drive Assignment [Y] : S panning is set

[N] : Spanning is n ot se t

Change the setting for each item using [Space] key.

[Define RAID Sub-Menu]

(1) Select [Span].

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Status Array 0

Span

0 Non-functional

Block Size Not available

[Drive Assignments]

(2) Set to [Y]. Channel ID Drive Name Size (MB) Assignment Pri/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

Sec/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Y

* : Capacity (GB) [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save [ESC] Exit

(4) Press [Y] key to set spanning. The data of the selected CF will be erased upon selecting spanning

for the CF by pressing [Y] key and the data cannot be restored.

Erase old data in this new array? Y - Yes / N - No

CAUTION

- The data of the CF will be erased upon pressing [Y] key and the data cannot be restored.

- When [N] is pressed, the partition information for the CF and other data will not be erased, but since the spanning information is being set, they cannot be restored. However, they can be restored if RAID is cancelled before any formatting or writing is made on the CF. For instructions on how to cancel RADI, see “Chapter 4 Canceling RAID Setting”. If the following message is displayed while canceling RAID, press [N] key.

Erase the data in the array? Y - Yes / N - No

(5) Press [Esc] key to return to [Define RAID Menu].

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(6) After checking that the spanning has been set, press [Esc] key.

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status

Array 0 Span 2 1954 Functional

(7) Press [Esc] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

(10) When you are asked whether to exit [Setup Utility], press [Y] key to exit [Setup Utility].

Exit Setup Utility! Are you sure? Press Y to exit or ANY KEY to go back.

(11) Your PC will be rebooted. After Windows startup, format the CF which spanning has been set.

When formatting, the established two CFs will be formatted.

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Canceling RAID Setting

(1) After starting Setup Utility, press [3] key in [Setup Utility] main menu.

(2) On [Delete RAID Menu] screen, select an [Array No] to be cancelled using [↑][↓] keys and then

press [D] key.

[Define RAID Menu]

Array No. Array Mode Drive No. Size(MB) Status Array 0 Stripe 2 1954 Functional Array 1 --- --- --- --Array 2 --- --- --- --Array 3 --- --- --- ---

* : Capacity (GB) ♦ : Bootable Array [↑] Up [↓] Down [Space] Boot Array [Enter] Select [ESC] Exit

(3) When you are asked whether to cancel the RAID setting, press [Ctrl-Y] (press [Y] key while

pressing [Ctrl]).

Are you sure you want to delete this array? Press Ctrl-Y to Delete or other key to abort.

(4) Next, you are asked whether to erase the CF data for the RAID setting. If you want to suspend the

RADI setting or to leave the data as it is when the mirroring is used, press [N] key to cancel the RAID. For other cases, press [Y] to cancel the RAID.

Erase the data in the array? Y - Yes / N - No

(5) Return to [Delete RAID Menu] screen.

(6) After checking that the RAID of the selected [Array No] has been erased, press [Esc] key.

(7) In Setup Utility main menu, press [Esc].

(8) When you are asked if you want to exit Setup Utility, press the [Y] key to exit it.

Exit Setup Utility! Are you sure? Press Y to exit or ANY KEY to go back.

(9) Your PC will be rebooted. After Windows startup, format the CF which RAID has been cancelled.

If [N] is selected in (4), the CF can be used without formatting.

Press [3] and start up the [Delete RAID].

Select [Array

o] you want

to cancel, and

ress [D] key.

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4. About the RAID Building Software

RaidMgr Utility

”RaidMgr” is the utility which can be operated on Windows to build RAID.

CAUTION

If OS is installed on this product, “RaidMgr” cannot be used. If OS is installed on this product, use “Setup Utility” to build RAID. “RaidMgr” is installed after installing this product, the board name may be changed in some cases.

Installing RaidMgr Utility

(1) Download the support software [ITERAID.exe] from CONTEC web site. (2) Copy it to the PC on which you want to mount this product. (3) Execute [ITERAID.exe]. (4) Click [Next] button and then click [Yes] button.

Clic

(5) Press [Finish] to restart the PC.

Clic

You have now finished installing the RaidMgr Utility.

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Starting RaidMgr

(1) Start your PC after mounting the CF on this product.

” icon of the [RaidMgr] registered when installing the support software appears in the task tray

(2) “

at the lower right corner of the desktop screen. Right-click on the icon and click [Open] on a displayed menu.

(3) The RaidMgr screen is displayed. Each setting can be set from this screen.

CAUTION

Disk 0 indicates Primary Master (internal CF) and Disk 1 indicates Secondary Master (external CF).

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Building a striping (RAID 0)

4. About the RAID Building Software

CAUTION

Upon setting striping, the data inside CFs are deleted and cannot be restored.

(1) Click the menu on the lower left of RaidMgr screen and click [Create Disk Array].

(2) After selecting a CF for building striping, click “ “.

The selected CF is moved to the right field. Select all CFs in a similar way.

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(3) Select the [RAID 0] in the [Array Type].

(4) Select the [Stripe Size]. (Initial value : 64KB)

[Stripe Size] is used to set the size for dividing data. The performance will be improved by using the optimum value. The optimum value, however, is different depending on the usage environment. The recommended value is 32KB.

(5) Click “

CAUTION

Upon pressing [Create] button, the data inside CFs are deleted and cannot be restored.

(6) When the screen asking you whether to reboot is displayed, click [OK] to reboot your PC.

(7) After rebooting, format the CF on which striping has been built.

When formatting, the established two CFs will be formatted.

” button at the bottom of the screen to build striping.

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Building a mirroring (RAID 1)

4. About the RAID Building Software

CAUTION

Upon setting the mirroring, the data inside CFs are deleted and cannot be restored.

(1) Click a part of the menu displayed in the lower left of the RaidMgr screen, and then click [Create

Disk Array].

(2) After selecting a CF for building mirroring, click “ “.

The selected CF is moved to the right field. Select all CFs in a similar way.

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(3) Select the [RAID 1] in the [Array Type].

(4) Click “ ” button at the bottom of the screen to build mirroring.

CAUTION

Upon pressing [Create] button, the data inside CFs are deleted and cannot be restored.

(5) When the screen asking you whether to reboot is displayed, click [OK] to reboot your PC.

(6) After rebooting, format the CF on which mirroring has been built.

When formatting, the established two CFs will be formatted.

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Building a spanning (JBOD)

4. About the RAID Building Software

CAUTION

Upon setting the spanning, the data inside CFs are deleted and cannot be restored.

(1) Click a part of the menu displayed in the lower left of the RaidMgr screen, and then click Create

Disk Array.

(2) After selecting a CF for building spanning, click “ “.

The selected CF is moved to the right field. Select all CFs in a similar way.

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(3) Select the [JBOD] in the [Array Type].

(4) Click “ ” button at the bottom of the screen to build spanning.

CAUTION

Upon pressing [Create] button, the data inside CFs are deleted and cannot be restored.

(5) When the screen asking you whether to reboot is displayed, click [OK] to reboot your PC.

(6) After rebooting, format the CF on which Spanning has been built.

When formatting, the established two CFs will be formatted.

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Screen details on RaidMgr

Refresh Close RaidMgr.

4. About the RAID Building Software

Settings / display area

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System Information :

Showing the RAID information and the information

of connected CFs. Configuration :

Executing the RAID settings.

Create Disk Array (Create the RAID settings) :

Building the RAID.

Delete Disk Array (Delete the RAID settings) :

Deleting the built RAID.

Rebuild Disk Array (Rebuilding the mirror disks) :

Rebuilding the mirroring disks. Records (Display) : Display the log Options :

Not supported in this product. Help : Displaying the version information and helps. Exit : Closing the menu.

4. About the RAID Building Software

Delete the built RAID

Moving the selected disk

Available disks

(Disks with RAID setting)

Check if you want to erase CF partition at RADI deletion.

Selected disks

(Disks for deleting RAID setting)

The information of the available disks and selected disks are displayed.

Delete the RAID being set

Close the screen

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Rebuilding a mirror disk

The information of rebuilding target, copy source and copy destination disk are displayed.

Process status

Start rebuilding

Check if you want to restart from the previous

rocess when the

rebuilding is suspended

efore completing.

Set the status update time

Close the screen

Rebuild Array (rebuild target) : Selecting a mirroring disk which you want to rebuild. Source Disk (copy source) : Selecting a copy source for rebuilding. Destination Disk (copy destination) : Selecting a copy destination for rebuilding.

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If failing a CF in mirroring

If a CF used in mirroring is failed, check the following message and follow the procedure below.

CF failure check

The following error message may be appeared on BIOS screen of this product while mirroring is being used.

Error!! Problem is detected with Array x A disk member of this array was removed and it is not functional now. Please press <Y> to setup drive x as a IDE drive automatically or press OTHER KEY to setup array manually later.

How to deal with failure

Dealing method 1 : Pressing [Y] key to restore the mirroring automatically

Try automatic restoration of mirroring by pressing [Y] key while the above error message is being displayed. If the above screen is displayed again after rebooting, the restoration has not been done yet. If this is the case, try [Dealing method 2]

Dealing method 2 : Replacing the failed CF

If the above [Dealing method 1] has failed to restore, there is a possibility that one of the CFs is damaged. Please replace the damaged CF according to the following procedure.

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Press any key except [Y] key on the error message screen.

(1)

(2) Check [Array No] field of [Drive Status] information on [RAID Card Configuration] screen in

[Setup Utility] of this product.

- If CF is normal: [Array x] (Array No is shown for x) will be displayed.

- If CF has failure: No display or “Free” appears in [Array x] field.

If this is the case, repair or replace the failed CF.

[RAID Card Configuration]

Auto Rebuild :

[RAID Card Resource]

Channel 0 Interrupt : A Channel 1 Interrupt : A I/O Port : 8888D000

[Deive Status]

Channel Size Drive ID Drive Name (MB) Array No. Mode Pri/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Array 0 D2

Sec/D0 SanDisk SDCFH - 1024 977 Array 0 D2

Enable

I/O Port : 0000DC00

* : Capacity (GB) Drive Mode : P = PIO, D = DMA U = UDMA [→, ←, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit

(3) If CF failure is found in (2), use the CF by canceling the mirroring, or replacement of the CF is

required.

- If using the CF by canceling the mirroring:

If the data of the CF used in mirroring is needed immediately, see the next section “If data

needed immediately”.

- If replacing the CF:

Shutdown the system and unplug the power supply cable of your PC before replacing a CF. The following message is displayed at PC startup. Press [Y] key.

Error!! Problem is detected with Array x A disk member of this array was replaced and array is not functional now. Please press <Y> to add drive x into array automatically or press OTHER KEY to setup array manually later.

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(4) The following message is displayed. Press any key to start rebuilding RAID automatically.

Warning!! Array reconstruction has not be completed yet, please enter setup Utillity to rebuild array. Drive x in Array x data is inconsistent, please press ANY KEY to start rebuilding.

(5) After rebuilding, use the CF in mirroring.

If data needed immediately

If the data of the CF used in mirroring is needed immediately, the data can become available by canceling the mirroring in [Setup Utility].

(1) After the power supply of your PC is turned off, remove the failed CF. (2) Turn on the PC and start [Setup Utility]. (3) Cancel the mirroring setting. (See “Canceling RAID setting”)

CAUTION

Always select [N] on the screen for canceling mirroring shown below. If [Y] is selected, the data will be erased.

Erase the data in the array? Y - Yes / N - No

(4) Reboot your PC. After the startup, use the necessary data.

Rebuilding the mirroring

If the mirroring is rebuilt with using the CF which is not failed and a spare or new CF, you need to connect the spare or new CF to the slot which was used for connecting the failed CF, and then to rebuild the mirroring.

For the procedure, see “Chapter 4 Setting mirroring (RAID 1) using a CF in use and a newly mounted CF”

CAUTION

If OS is stored in the mirroring disk and the disk is used for the PC startup, be sure to rebuild the mirroring using [Setup Utility] of procedure “Chapter 4 Setting mirroring (RAID 1) using a CF in use and a newly mounted CF”. ”RaidMgr utility” for Windows cannot rebuild the mirroring.

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Uninstalling the support software and driver

To uninstall the installed support software and drivers, follow the procedure below.

About the uninstalling function This function is used to delete the driver and registry information for this product from [Addition and

deletion of programs] or [Addition and deletion of applications]. The function is only available in Windows XP/2000. For other OSs, uninstallation needs to be

performed manually.

Uninstalling the support software [RaidMgr]

(1) “ ” icon of the [RaidMgr] registered when installing the support software appears in the task tray

at the lower right corner of the desktop screen. Right-click on the icon and click [Exit] on a displayed menu.

(2) Start [Addition and deletion of programs] or [Addition and deletion of applications] from [Control

panel].

(3) Select [ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller] from the displayed applications, and click [change and

delete] or [add and delete] button. (4) Select [Remove], and then click [Next]. (5) Click [OK] button when [Confirm Uninstall] is displayed. (6) Click [Finish] button.

CAUTION

- If [Locked File Detected] is displayed, click [Ignore] button.

- When this product is being used for OS startup, once the installed support software is deleted, this

product becomes disabled. In addition, a CF for startup and CFs with RAID setting are all

disabled. (OS startup is also disabled.)

Before deleting the support software, make sure to back up the necessary data.

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Uninstalling the driver

(1) Start [Device manager] from [Control panel] - [System]. (2) Delete [CONTEC PC-RSD Series] (mounted hardware name) shown in [SCSI and RAID

controller].

CAUTION

When this product is being used for OS startup, once the installed support software is deleted, this product becomes disabled. In addition, a CF for startup and CFs with RAID setting are all disabled. (OS startup is also disabled.)

Before deleting the support software, make sure to back up the necessary data.

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Contents of FD

\ This guide (LYFL45_060623.pdf: English), | Install setup file |– WINXP Device driver and INF file for Windows XP |– WIN2K Device driver and INF file for Windows 2000

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5. About Hardware

This chapter provides hardware specifications and hardware-related supplementary information.

Hardware specification

Table 5.1. Specification

Item RAID controller ITE IT8212F, RAID 0/1/JBOD CF slot Card Slot: Type I x 2 (Internal slot : Primary Master, External slot : Secondary Master)

CF Card Not mounting 1GB

Transfer rate 10Mbyte/sec (Read) / 9Mbyte/sec (Write) CF Write endurance 100,000 times Power consumption

(Max.) Operating condition

Relative humidity Impact resistance Impact resistance

The number of sheets that can be used simultaneously

PCI bus specification 32bit, 33MHz, Universal key shapes supported *1 Dimension (mm) Weight

Supported OS Windows XP Embedded, Windows XP professional,

*1 : This board requires power supply at +5V from an expansion slot (it does not work on a machine with a +3.3V power supply alone). *2 : RAID function are not supported.

(Operating) (Storaging) (Operating)

(Operating) 15G or less

(Operating) 10 - 57Hz/semi-amplitude 0.15mm 57 - 150Hz/2.0G

PC-RSD-PCI PC-RSD1000-PCI PC-RSD2000-PCI PC-RSD4000-PCI PC-RSD8000-PCI

Display : Card access LED (Red) x 1 Uncapable of detaching when enagized Power supply +3.3VDC Each slot 0.5A(Max.)

(Fix Disk spec)

One piece

standard supprted

(Primary Mast e r )

5V 350mA, When adding CF : 5V 450mA

0 - 50°C

-25 - 85°C 10 - 90%RH (No condensation)

40 min. each in x, y, and z directions (JIS C0040-compliant, IEC68-2-6-compliant, when using IPC-BX 630 Series) One piece

119.91(L) x 63.41(H) 60g 70g (including CF)

Windows 2000 professional, MS-DOS 6.2 *2, PC-DOS 2000 J7.0/V *2, PC DOS 7 *2

2GB

(Fix Disk spec)

One piece

standard supprted

(Primary Mast e r )

4GB

(Fix Disk spec)

One piece standard

supprted

(Primary Mast e r )

8GB

(Fix Disk spec)

One piece

standard supprted

(Primary Mast e r )

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Board Dimensions

119.91

63.41

[mm]

The external dimens io n f or (L ) [1 1 9. 91] i s the l e ng t h fr o m t he b oa r d edg e to t he ext e rior surface of the s l ot cov e r .

About Rewrite Life

The number of rewriting a CF is limited due to characteristics of the memory used in the CF. The rewrite life can be calculated as a reference value according to the formula given below.

- Rewrite life [time] formula Ava ilabl e capaci ty

Life [time] = N x

of CF(KB)

FStyp

x fw

N : Rewrite allowable number (100,000 times) FStyp : Total capacity of file for rewriting (KB) (Notes : 16KB unit) fw : Time interval for repeating the rewrite of the FStyp capacity file (Unit : Time)

Ex : 1MB file out of a 900MB space in CF is overwritten once every 5 seconds.

- Rewrite life [time] formula

Life [time] = 100,000 x

921,600

1024

= 125,000 ( = about 14 years)

3,600

(Notes : Calculation by 1MB = 1024KB)

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User’s Manual

CONTEC CO., LTD. June 2006 Edition

3-9-31, Himesato, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0025, Japan Japanese http://www.contec.co.jp/ English http://www.contec.com/ Chinese http://www.contec.com.cn/

No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. [06232006]

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Contec IPC Series, PC-RSD2000-PCI, PC-RSD1000-PCI, PC-RSD-PCI, PC-RSD4000-PCI User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Check Your Package

Copyright

Trademarks

Table of Contents

1. Before Using the Product

About the Board

Features

Accessories (Option)

Customer Support

Web Site

Limited One Year Warranty

How to Obtain Service

Liability

Safety Precautions

Safety Information

Handling Precautions

Environment

Inspection

Storage

Disposal

2. Setup

What is Setup?

Step 1 Setting the Hardware

Parts of the Board

Plugging the Board

Step 2 Installing the Hardware

Turning on the PC

Setting the “Found New Hardware Wizard”

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

Installing drivers while installing Windows XP newly

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

Turning on the PC

Setting the “Found New Hardware Wizard”

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

Installing drivers whil e installing Windows 2000 newly

Check Method of Hardware Install Completion

Setup Troubleshooting

Symptoms and Actions

If your problem cannot be resolved

3. Function

IDE Function

RAID Function

RAID 0 (Striping)

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

JBOD [Just Bunch Of Disks] (Spanning)

4. About the RAID Building Software

Setup Utility

Start up the Setup Utility

Building a striping (RAID 0)

Building a new mirroring (RAID 1) using two CFs

Canceling RAID Setting

RaidMgr Utility

Installing RaidMgr Utility

Starting RaidMgr

Building a striping (RAID 0)

Building a mirroring (RAID 1)

Building a spanning (JBOD)

Screen details on RaidMgr

Delete the built RAID

Rebuilding a mirror disk

If failing a CF in mirroring

Uninstalling the support software and driver

Uninstalling the support software [RaidMgr]

Uninstalling the driver

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5. About Hardware

Hardware specification

About Rewrite Life